El campeón defensor Carlos Alcaraz [1] derrotó a Daniil Medvedev en una revancha de la final del año anterior, 7–6 (7–5) , 6–1 para ganar el título de tenis individual masculino en el Indian Wells Open 2024. Fue su quinto título ATP Masters 1000 y el decimotercer título ATP Tour de su carrera . Alcaraz se convirtió en el primer jugador en defender el título desde Novak Djokovic en 2016 , y el octavo en total ; fue el segundo jugador en hacerlo antes de cumplir 21 años, después de Boris Becker en 1988. [ 2]
Alcaraz y Medvedev fueron la segunda pareja de jugadores masculinos en disputar finales consecutivas de Indian Wells , después de Djokovic y Roger Federer en 2014 y 2015 .
Alcaraz derrotó a Jannik Sinner en semifinales, rompiendo la racha de 19 victorias consecutivas de Sinner que se remontaba a las finales de la Copa Davis de 2023. [ 3] Djokovic intentaba ganar un sexto título récord de Indian Wells, [4] pero perdió en la tercera ronda ante Luca Nardi . [5] Clasificado como el número 123 del mundo, Nardi se convirtió en el jugador con el ranking más bajo en derrotar a Djokovic en el nivel Masters o superior, así como en el tercer lucky loser en derrotar a un actual número uno del mundo, después de Lorenzo Sonego en el Abierto de Viena de 2020 y David Goffin en el Abierto de Astana de 2022. [6]
Todos los cabezas de serie recibieron un pase a la segunda ronda.
Novak Djokovic (tercera ronda)
Carlos Alcaraz (campeón)
Jannik Sinner (semifinales)
Alexander Zverev (cuartos de final)
Holger Rune (cuartos de final)
Hubert Hurkacz (segunda ronda)
Casper Ruud (cuartos de final).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Australia_(converted).svg.png){kind=small}
Alex de Minaur (fourth round)
Stefanos Tsitsipas (fourth round)
Taylor Fritz (fourth round)
Grigor Dimitrov (fourth round)
Ugo Humbert (third round) Karen Khachanov (second round) Ben Shelton (fourth round) Tommy Paul (semifinals) Frances Tiafoe (third round)
Sebastián Báez (third round)
Alexander Bublik (third round) Adrian Mannarino (third round) Francisco Cerúndolo (third round) Alejandro Davidovich Fokina (second round)
Nicolás Jarry (second round) Jan-Lennard Struff (third round) Lorenzo Musetti (third round)
Tallon Griekspoor (third round)
Cameron Norrie (third round) Sebastian Korda (third round) Tomás Martín Etcheverry (withdrew).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Canada_(Pantone).svg.png){kind=small}
Félix Auger-Aliassime (third round)
Jiří Lehečka (quarterfinals)Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.
The following are the seeded players. Seedings are based on ATP rankings as of March 4, 2024. Rankings and points before are as of March 4, 2024.[7]
† The player's 2023 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of his ranking as of March 4, 2024. Points for his 19th best result will be deducted instead.
‡ The player's 2023 points were replaced by a better result for purposes of his ranking as of March 4, 2024. Points for an ATP Challenger Tour event (Phoenix) held during the second week of the 2023 tournament will be deducted instead.
§ The player did not qualify for the main draw in 2023. Points for his 19th best result will be deducted instead.
Laslo Djere → replaced by Bernabé Zapata Miralles Tomás Martín Etcheverry → replaced by Luca Nardi Aslan Karatsev → replaced by Thanasi Kokkinakis Mackenzie McDonald → replaced by 
Daniel Elahi Galán Rafael Nadal → replaced by 
Sumit Nagal Alexei Popyrin → replaced by 
Jurij Rodionov
Thiago Seyboth Wild (qualified) Rinky Hijikata (first round)
Yoshihito Nishioka (first round) Hugo Gaston (first round) Arthur Cazaux (first round) Jurij Rodionov (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Maximilian Marterer (first round) Sumit Nagal (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Constant Lestienne (qualified) Quentin Halys (first round) Luca Nardi (qualifying competition, lucky loser) Benoît Paire (first round).svg/1280px-Flag_of_Belgium_(civil).svg.png){kind=small}
David Goffin (qualified) Vít Kopřiva (qualifying competition) Hamad Medjedovic (first round) Diego Schwartzman (first round)
Duje Ajduković (first round) Michael Mmoh (first round) Yosuke Watanuki (withdrew) Liam Broady (qualifying competition) Felipe Meligeni Alves (first round) Harold Mayot (qualifying competition) Andrea Vavassori (qualifying competition) Emilio Nava (qualifying competition)
